AMREF has over 700 employees, 97% of whom are African and based in Africa. In the UK we have 16 employees, including:
Lorraine Clifton
Chief Executive (Interim)
Lorraine joined AMREF for 6 months in July 2008. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in Chemistry in 1979 she joined BP, initially in IT. Joining their accelerated management development programme, she worked in a number of areas, including developing a global credit card strategy, a UK lubricant distribution strategy and a major change management programme for the incoming Chairman.
She moved to the NHS in 1993 and has been CEO of 3 hospital Trusts – most recently Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. Leaving the NHS in January 2007, she took a year out to travel & pursue other interests, interrupted only by occasional consultancy assignments. She is now keen to pursue a career in the 3rd sector and is very pleased to be joining AMREF at such an exciting time. Her hobbies are travel, running and enjoying good food & wine.
Grace Mukasa
Head of Programmes and Advocacy
Grace joined AMREF from VSO, where she was Head of Programmes for Africa, and had previously worked as Country Director for VSO in Zambia, Director for Programme Development for Save the Children Norway in Uganda; Programme Manager for Plan International in Uganda and Executive Director of ACFODE, a leading national women’s organisation that promotes women rights and gender policy in Uganda.
She also worked with government as a teacher in both Kenya and Uganda and as a Regional Programme Manager for Uganda Bureau of Statistics on the World Bank/UNDP/ Govt. of Uganda Surveys to monitor the Social Dimensions of Structural Adjustment through the Integrated Household and Community Surveys and Demographic and Health Surveys.
Grace is Ugandan and has an MA in Gender & Development from the Institute of Development Studies and aPost Graduate Diploma in Planning & Management. She joined AMREF in January 2008.
Paul Marvell
Head of Fundraising and Communications
Paul joined AMREF in July 2008 having worked at the British Red Cross for the past 7 years, where he was Head of Community Fundraising and then Head of Major Donors & Events. He has been a professional fundraiser for over 15 years, and previously worked at the Royal National Institute of the Blind. He is a Full Certificated Member of the Institute of Fundraising and is Chairman of the Institute’s Professional Development Committee. Paul became interested in Africa after visiting South Africa in 2006, and Gambia and Sierra Leone in 2007. In his spare time he enjoys travelling, live music and golf.
Senait Fassil
Head of Finance and Administration
Senait joined Amref in April 2008. She is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant and holds MBA from Oxford Brookes University. Senait comes with extensive experience in charity accounting and financial managment both at country office and head office level. She started her career in her native country Eritrea with LWF then moved to CARE International where she worked both in country office (Eritrea and DRC) and head office (Atlanta). Prior to joining Amref she worked with IRC-UK and NEF in similar positions.